69 results about "Vehicular automation" patented technology

A computing device configured for communication with at least one autonomously controllable vehicle system or component. The computing device includes one or more processors for controlling operation of the computing device, and a memory for storing data and program instructions usable by the one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to transmit a message configured to inform a vehicle user of all currently available levels of vehicle automation.

The invention relates to an intelligent vehicle device and a method for preventing collision to a passerby in the technical field of vehicle automatic control, wherein the device comprises a binocular pinhole camera, a signal processor, a vehicle speed control mechanism and a sound prompting device; the method comprises the following steps of: 1. calibrating a camera parameter; 2. synthesizing a left view and a right view; 3. judging and determining the positioned region of a moving object; 4. computing a threshold value overcoming a grey-level difference; 5. measuring similarity; 6. detecting the distance between the moving object and a vehicle; 7. outputting a control instruction; and 8. repeating the cycle process from step 2 to step 7. The device and the method can be used for automatically detecting road surface conditions, and once the passerby is found, the device can immediately issue a control instruction, warn a driver to pay attention to forward road conditions and automatically enable the vehicle to decelerate and brake, thereby enhancing the automated and intellectualized technical levels of the vehicle and ensuring driving safety.

The present disclosure relates to an automation kit for an agricultural vehicle that includes a kit controller configured to receive feedback from at least one sensor, to receive a mission path, and to receive a location signal from a locating device, where the kit controller is configured to control a velocity of the agricultural vehicle based at least on the mission path, the feedback, and the location signal. The automation kit also includes a vehicle interface configured to communicatively couple the kit controller to a bus of the agricultural vehicle, where the bus is communicatively coupled to at least a brake controller configured to control a hydraulic valve of a braking system of the agricultural vehicle, and the kit controller is configured to control the velocity at least by selectively sending a signal to the brake controller to control the braking system.

The invention relates to the field of industrial vehicle automation, and specifically relates to a guided vehicle navigation system and a guided vehicle navigation method. The technological purpose of the invention is realized by the following technical scheme: the guided vehicle navigation system comprises a guided vehicle, and further comprises an environment sign layout module, a map building module, a location module and a navigation module. The invention aims to provide a guided vehicle navigation system and a guided vehicle navigation method. Environment signs and RFID tags are arranged according to the specific situation of the industrial environment, the arrangement information of the environment signs and the RFID tags is stored in a database to form map data, and the guided vehicle is located in the environment by the location module through sensor data and map data matching and is navigated from the current position to a target point by the navigation module. By implementing the technical scheme, the management efficiency of the industrial environment can be well improved.

The invention relates to a method and a system of vehicle charging booking. A vehicle-mounted computer automatically sends a charging booking request to a remote server according to a triggering condition, and the charging booking request comprises information of the vehicle position. After receiving the charging booking request, the remote server communicates with multiple charging stations through messages and chooses one charging station as a selected charging station according to the information of the vehicle position. The remote server sends a message of the selected charging station to the vehicle-mounted computer. The message of the selected charging station comprises information of the selected charging station. Therefore, the purpose of the vehicle automatic booking charging is achieved, and a vehicle owner does not need to expend energy to pay attention to whether the charging booking request needs to be sent or not.

The invention provides a vehicle road driving task intelligent distribution system and method, so as to realize vehicle operation and control, improve the safety of the whole traffic system, and ensure the efficiency, intelligence, reliability and robustness of the CAVH system. The vehicle road driving task intelligent distribution system is used for distributing, arranging and issuing functions used for controlling and maintaining vehicle operation in the intelligent network connection traffic system. The vehicle road driving task intelligent distribution system comprises a sensing, communication and control assembly which is connected with nodes through road sections. The intelligent network connection traffic system is used for controlling and maintaining functions of vehicle operation,including perception, traffic driving behavior prediction and management, planning and decision making, and vehicle control. The invention also provides a method for defining the intelligence and thegrade of the CAVH system. The method is based on two levels of vehicle automation and road facility automation.

The application relates to a vehicle automatic test system, test method and device. The vehicle automatic test system comprises a powertrain controller and a computer device for running test software,and comprises a fault injection and repair device, and calibration hardware. The powertrain controller connects an entire vehicle wiring harness through the fault injection and repair device, and connects the computer device through the calibration hardware. The computer device is connected to the fault injection and repair device. The computer device runs the test software to transmit a controlcommand to the fault injection and repair device. The fault injection and repair device performs fault injection based on the control command. The computer device performs diagnostic communication ofthe injection fault through the calibration hardware and the powertrain controller. The powertrain controller detects and repairs the injection fault based on the entire vehicle wiring harness. According to the vehicle automatic test system, test method and device, the test time can be effectively saved, the work of the test design process can be reduced, and the repeatability and consistency of afault diagnosis module test of the production vehicles can be improved.

The invention concerns a system by which intelligent land vehicle, transportation and highway data can be usefully presented to, and acted on by, a driver of a vehicle, providing a bridge between the vehicles of today, and the automated vehicles of tomorrow. Preferred embodiments utilize displayed sensor based imagery the driver interacts with by touch, gesture or other methods in order to confirm or reject alert signals provided by sensors and to confirm or understand the operation of sensory systems of the vehicle. The driver may designate data displayed for further processing by onboard computers, for example to track certain conditions. An advantageous result is that sensing systems can be set to a higher level of sensitivity and control and a data bank can be built up of sensed data and human responses which can be used over time to improve performance and safety of the vehicle.

The invention, which relates to the technical field of internet-based car hailing, provides a vehicle management method, device and system. The method comprises: driving data, sent by an on-board diagnostic (OBD) device of an internet-based hailing car, of the internet-based hailing car are received; according to file information and driving data of the internet-based hailing car, whether the internet-based hailing car needs to be repaired and managed is determined; and if so, a prompting message corresponding to the internet-based hailing car is sent to a designated person. According to the invention, the driving data sent by the OBD device of the internet-based hailing car are received and whether the internet-based hailing car needs to be repaired is determined based on the file information and the driving data of the internet-based hailing car, thereby guaranteeing timely maintenance and management of the vehicle and realizing automatic management of the internet-based hailing car. A manual checking process is avoided; the work load is reduced; and standardized operation of the automatic management process of the vehicle can be guaranteed effectively.

The invention discloses an auxiliary parking system of a vehicle and a parking method. The auxiliary parking system of the vehicle comprises a parking controller, multiple ultrasonic probes which are connected with an intelligent parking controller, a vehicle sound host which is connected with the parking controller through a CAN bus, a power amplifier which is connected with the vehicle sound host, and a plurality of loudspeakers which are connected with the power amplifier, wherein the multiple ultrasonic probes are arranged at the four sides of the vehicle. The auxiliary parking system of the vehicle and the parking method provided by the invention are different from the design philosophy of the traditional auxiliary parking technology which only improves the automation level of the vehicle but weakens the vehicle experience control of the drivers. With the adoption of the auxiliary parking system, the sensor is adopted to increase the ability of the driver for recognizing and sensing barriers so as to completely improve the parking experience of the drivers. During the actual parking process, the system completely reflects the driving intention of the drivers, which is not finished by the automatic parking of the vehicles.

A sensing system for providing vehicle automation. The system includes a master controller that is electrically connected to a receiver that has a transceiver that provides over-the-air communication to a plurality of wireless sensors. The transceivers receive information from the plurality of wireless sensors in order to automate the steering and elevation of the vehicle.

The invention discloses a vehicle damage assessment method, electronic equipment and a computer readable storage medium. The vehicle damage assessment method comprises the steps that a local picture of a vehicle to be subjected to damage assessment is acquired; according to a model and a body position corresponding to the local picture, a corresponding body picture is searched for in a preset image database, wherein the corresponding body picture is a corresponding picture of a complete body position; the local picture is preprocessed, so that the preprocessed local picture conforms to a preset image effect; pixel values of all pixel points in the body picture and the local picture are compared, and a comparison result is obtained; and the damage degree of the vehicle to be subjected to damage assessment is determined based on the comparison result. Through the technical scheme, the realization difficulty of vehicle automatic damage assessment can be effectively lowered.

The invention discloses construction of an intelligent automatic unmanned parking system on building gables and roofs of residential office buildings and the like. A plurality of layers of parking platforms vertically fixed to the outer sides of the gables, horizontal parking stations arranged horizontally on the roofs and a vehicle lifting mechanism which is arranged on the outer parts of the gables and can be moved up and down. On the gables on the two sides of already completed residential buildings, apartment buildings, office buildings, service buildings and some commercial buildings, steel structure frames are built attached to walls, intelligent full-automatic unmanned vertical parking lots are installed, therefore, gold geckos on the walls are called, the fact that safety of housebuildings in sunshine is not to be affected or little affected also needs to be considered, if the parking stations on the two sides of the gables cannot meet the parking needs, the roofs on the topsof the buildings can be transformed, and in the premise of ensuring that a waterproof layer is not damaged and maintained, a vehicle automatic unmanned parking lot is additionally increased.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a rearview mirror adjusting method and device, a vehicle control system and a storage medium. The method comprises the steps that: eye coordinates of a driverand rearview mirror coordinates are determined; a target normal of a rearview mirror is determined according to the eye coordinates of the driver and the rearview mirror coordinates; and the rearviewmirror is adjusted according to the target normal. According to the embodiments of the invention, the automatic adjustment of the vehicle rearview mirror is realized, the adjustment precision of thevehicle rearview mirror is improved; rearview mirror adjustment adaptive to any driver height and seat position can be realized; the automatic adjustment in multiple directions is realized through a simple calculation method; and a vehicle automation level is improved.

A backup control server for reducing dangers to automation systems of autonomous vehicles includes a memory and a processor. The processor is programmed to detect an anomalous event which may include one of a geomagnetic interference event and a cyber-attack event. The processor may also be programmed to perform a threat assessment for the anomalous event relative to an automation system of a vehicle. The automation system may be configured to control an aspect of autonomous operation of the vehicle. The processor may be further programmed to determine one or more mitigating actions to perform on the automation system based upon the threat assessment. The one or more mitigating actions are configured to reduce a danger to the vehicle presented by the anomalous event. The processor may also be programmed to transmit to the vehicle instructions to perform one or more mitigating actions on the automation system.

The invention discloses a method and system for managing a vehicle based on an image identifying technique. The method comprises the following steps: A) acquiring a license plate image of a vehicle by an image collecting and sending device and sending the license plate image to an image processing device; B) acquiring a character string in the license plate image by the image processing device, judging whether the character string is matched with a license plate character string stored in the image processing device, if yes, executing step C, and if not, executing step D; C) allowing the vehicle to enter and recording the access time; and D) prohibiting the vehicle to enter and sending a warning signal. Through the method and system for managing a vehicle based on an image identifying technique provided by the invention, the vehicle information can be verified by identifying the license plate in real time, the vehicles belonging to the unit or residential block and the vehicles allowed to enter can be automatically and intelligently permitted to pass through while the passing time of the vehicles is recorded, so as to realize the automatic and intelligent management for the vehicles belonging to the unit or residential block.

The invention presents a curve fitting modeling method for calculating the optimal distance between cars in the field of transportation. According to the control requirements of the vehicle during theparking and running process, a mathematical model which can scientifically reflect the dynamic behavior characteristics of vehicles during parking operation is established, where v0 is the initial speed at which the vehicle begins to brake and decelerate, k and tau are constants greater than 0, delta is a slight velocity increment greater than 0, t is a time variable, v is a velocity variable (the range of V is shown in the specification), tanh () denotes a hyperbolic tangent function. As the vehicle behavior adjustment model is based on the vehicle behavior adjustment model, a curve fittingmethod of dynamic optimal distance between car and car is proposed, and used for real-time calculation of dynamic optimal car-following distance. The method can create conditions for safe and efficient car-following operation with smooth (comfortable) and fast behavior adjustment process, and can also provide technical support for traffic management department, vehicle manufacturing industry to improve the automation level of vehicles, reduce engineering experiment cost and provide technical support.

The invention discloses an automatic height measuring and leveling mechanism for a battery swap station vehicle. The automatic height measuring and leveling mechanism comprises a leveling assembly and a height measuring assembly, wherein four leveling assemblies are arranged on the two sides of the height measuring assembly; the other two sides of the height measuring assembly are provided with two jacking assemblies. Each of the four leveling assemblies comprises a first bottom plate, a lead screw and a first motor; firstly, a third motor drives a jacking device to operate, so that a vehicle is jacked up; then, the height of the position of the battery pack at the bottom of the vehicle is measured through a height measuring sensor, and when it is detected that the position of the battery pack is not horizontal, a first motor drives a lead screw to rotate; then, a lead screw drives a sliding plate to move, the sliding plate drives an inclined cutting block and a wheel pushing plate to move, and tires of the vehicle can be straightened through the wheel pushing plate; and meanwhile, the inclined cutting block can drive the first shear arm to ascend and descend, so that the leveling work of the tire is completed, the manual height measurement and leveling process is omitted, a large amount of time is saved, and the working efficiency is improved.

The invention provides a key information processing method and device of a vehicle. The method comprises the following steps: vehicle-mounted diagnostic equipment obtains key information of a vehicle, wherein the key information comprises a vehicle identification number, a battery identification number and a motor identification number; the identification numbers of the key information are separately written into corresponding control units; and, when writing successes are detected, a step that the key information is sent to vehicle-mounted monitoring equipment is triggered so that the vehicle-mounted monitoring equipment uploads the received key information to a monitoring platform. A software improvement is performed on the vehicle-mounted diagnostic equipment, so the vehicle-mounted diagnostic equipment can send the key information to the vehicle-mounted T-box, the key information is uploaded to the monitoring platform through the vehicle-mounted T-box, automatic vehicle uploading is achieved, manual uploading is not relied on any longer, and uploading efficiency is improved.

The invention belongs to the technical field of vehicle automation and intellectualization, and particularly relates to a combined navigation experiment platform. The combined navigation experiment platform comprises rails, an experiment car and a combined navigation data collection device. The combined navigation data collection device is arranged on the experiment car, and the experiment car is connected to the rails in a sliding manner; the experiment car runs on the rails, and through the data collection device, GPS data and pose data are automatically collected and stored. The combined navigation experiment platform has the advantages that a communication interface is standard, a hardware integration level is high, function expanding is convenient, and the platform is suitable for a testing experiment of various combined navigation algorithms.

The invention discloses a sludge transport vehicle capable of preventing the solidification of sludge. The sludge transport vehicle comprises a vehicle head, fluorescent coatings and a rear cover, wherein a tank body and vehicle wheels are respectively connected with a vehicle frame, the vehicle frame is connected with the vehicle head, a pollution sucking mechanism is arranged on the tank body, a rotating shaft is arranged in the tank body, stirring blades are arranged on the rotating shaft, the rotating shaft is rotatably connected with a driving motor, and protecting frames are mounted on the left and right sides of the vehicle frame and are posted with the fluorescent coatings; and the rear cover is arranged behind the tank body, a tail light and license tag group is arranged behind the vehicle frame, and an outline marker lamp is arranged on the top of the tank body. According to the sludge transport vehicle, the stirring blades are arranged in the tank body, so that the solidification of the sludge in the tank body during the transportation of the sludge transport vehicle can be avoided; and the starting, lifting and descending of the rear cover and the tank body are hydraulically controlled and can be finished by a driver, and automatic sucking and discharging are realized, so that the automation degree of the vehicle is high, and the hand labor strength is greatly decreased.

A sensing system for providing string line vehicle automation. The system includes a master controller that is electrically connected to a receiver that has a transceiver that provides over-the-air communication to a plurality of sensors that are aligned along a string line. The transceivers receive information from the plurality of sensors in order to automate the control of the vehicle to ensure the vehicle drives in a straight line.

The invention relates to a self-direction medicine taking car, belongs to a tool car, and mainly aims at solving the problems of low degree of automation and inconvenient use of the traditional vehicle. The self-direction medicine taking car comprises a fixed driving wheel, a speed reducer, a power supply, an optical inductor, driven wheel, a chip set, a frame, a motor driver and a stepping motor, wherein the motor driver is fixed on the frame; the stepping motor is fixed under the rear end of the frame; the speed reducer is fixed under the rear end of the frame and is connected with the stepping motor; the fixed driving wheel is arranged on the speed reducer; a rotary driven wheel is fixed under the front end of the frame; the optical inductor is fixed under the middle part of the frame; the chip set is fixed on the frame; and the power supply is fixed at the rear end of the frame. The self-direction medicine taking car is convenient to use and can automatically run according to the guide.

A computing device configured for communication with at least one autonomously controllable vehicle system or component. The computing device includes one or more processors for controlling operation of the computing device, and a memory for storing data and program instructions usable by the one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to transmit a message configured to inform a vehicle user of all currently available levels of vehicle automation.

The invention discloses a method of adjusting a vehicle seat automatically. The method comprises the following steps of pre-storing a plurality of human faces of passengers and matching correspondingseat position information for each passenger; recognizing the human faces and body types of the passengers and seats to be sit when unlocking a vehicle; comparing the human faces of the passengers with the pre-stored human faces of the passengers to judge whether the passengers ride for the first time or not; if so, automatically adjusting and storing front-back displacements of seats to be sit according to the recognized body types of the passengers and front and back seat taking conditions in the current vehicle; if not, adjusting the seats automatically according to stored seat position information corresponding to the passengers; and if adjusting the sit seats manually again after going aboard by the passengers, recording the front-back displacements of the seats adjusted this time andupdating and storing the same after being matched with the human faces of the passengers. Combined with human face recognition, image recognition and vehicle automatic control functions, the method can perform precise recognition and automatic control, so that the adjusting precision of seats is improved, and therefore, better vehicle use experience is provided for users.

The invention discloses a road geometric alignment design method facing toward automatic driving. The road geometric alignment design method facing toward automatic driving comprises the steps of combining a vehicle vision and control decision system and a driving environment monitoring system to analyze main differences, related to road geometric alignment design elements, of vehicles L1 to L5; obtaining a key difference parameter; calibrating the key difference parameter; calculating road geometric alignment index design values of the vehicles L1 to L5; judging the degrees of influences of vehicle automatic grades on the related road geometric alignment indexes; and according to the obtained road geometric alignment index design values of the vehicles L1 to L5, designing the road geometric alignment indexes facing toward the vehicles with different automatic grades. According to the road geometric alignment design method facing toward automatic driving, a shortcoming that an existingroad geometric alignment design is lack of considering to use the vehicles with the different automatic grades as design vehicle models is solved.

The invention relates to the technical field of vehicle charging, in particular to an electric vehicle automatic rapid charging system and a charging method. The method comprises the steps that firstly, an electric vehicle is driven by a driver to be stopped at a platform, a laser radar captures the position of a vehicle body side label, a motion control unit transmits the information to a charging main controller, and the charging main controller starts to be automatically connected with a hotspot network of a vehicle super-capacitance management system; and secondly, the charging main controller is connected with the hotspot network of the vehicle super-capacitance management system, a vehicle cab displays communication connection with a platform charging station, the driver stops the vehicle, a vehicle control unit shuts off vehicle driving power, the driver presses a charging button, and the whole system starts a charging process. A charging device adopts an IGBT as a high-voltage-resistant and large-current isolated DCDC scheme of a switch device, a traditional charging module is not used, and the reliability of the system is improved. The charging device is integrated with amonitoring platform, and telemetering and remote control of the system can be achieved.

A sensing system for providing vehicle automation. The system includes a master controller that is electrically connected to a receiver that has a transceiver that provides over-the-air communication to a plurality of wireless sonic sensors. The transceivers receive information from the plurality of wireless sonic sensors in order to automate the control of the vehicle to ensure the vehicle drives in a straight line.

The invention discloses a vehicle automatic steering device based on fractional calculus transformation. The device comprises a vehicle body, hubs, a vehicle turntable, a transmission rod and a vehicle rotating assembly. The hubs, the vehicle turntable, the transmission rod and the vehicle rotating assembly are positioned on the vehicle body, the plurality of hubs are connected with tires, the vehicle turntable is positioned in the vehicle body, the output end of the vehicle turntable is connected with the transmission rod, the end, away from the vehicle turntable, of the transmission rod is connected with the vehicle rotating assembly, and the vehicle rotating assembly is in transmission connection with the vehicle turntable through the transmission rod. According to the vehicle automaticsteering device, through the cooperative work between a transmission mechanism and an adjusting mechanism, when a vehicle turns, the vehicle turntable can drive the transmission rod to rotate, and mounting teeth on the corresponding transmission rod can drive a corresponding mounting gear to rotate, so that the rightward offset centrifugal force of the vehicle is reduced, and the overall stability of the vehicle body is maintained; and correspondingly, the potential safety hazard that the vehicle deviates when a traditional vehicle turns is avoided.